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Ponderate
(gcide) | Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. t. [L. ponderatus, p. p. of
ponderare. See Ponder.]
To consider; to ponder. [R.]
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Ponderate
(gcide) | Ponderate \Pon"der*ate\, v. i.
To have weight or influence. [R.]
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preponderate
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Counterponderate
(gcide) | Counterponderate \Coun`ter*pon"der*ate\ (-p?n"d?r-?t), v. t.
To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
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Equiponderate
(gcide) | Equiponderate \E`qui*pon"der*ate\, v. i. [Equi- + L. ponderare
to weigh. See Ponderate.]
To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.
--Bp. Wilkins.
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To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. "More than
equiponderated the declension in that direction." --De
Quincey.
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Preponderate
(gcide) | Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
Ponder.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
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An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
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2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. i.
To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the
scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence,
power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the
affirmative side preponderated.
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That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins.
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Preponderated
(gcide) | Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
Ponder.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
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An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
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2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
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Superponderate
(gcide) | Superponderate \Su`per*pon"der*ate\, v. t.
To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]
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preponderate
(wn) | preponderate
v 1: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our
wishes" [syn: preponderate, outweigh, overbalance,
outbalance] |
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